About the Show

Celebrated auteur Ivo van Hove's take on Mozart's classic opera.

Set in the vibrant city of Seville, where the legend of Don Juan was born, Mozart’s Don Giovanni unfolds in a world of passion, secrecy, and seduction. Renowned in Mozart’s time for its winding streets and hidden beauty behind latticed windows—originating the word “jealousy”—Seville provides the perfect backdrop for this timeless tale.

This season, Ivo van Hove’s bold new production updates the setting to a contemporary world, highlighting the enduring relevance of the story’s themes of desire, betrayal, and retribution.

Critic Reviews (5)

A production with promise that would shine more fully with a full creative team.
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For a previous production

CRITIC'S PICK! "Ivo van Hove’s work is smooth, flexible and agile enough to walk the tightrope of any successful “Don Giovanni”: not stinting on the work’s darkness, depth and strangeness, on one hand — and, on the other, not snuffing out its wit, even silliness."
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For a previous production

"Mr. Van Hove’s detailed, intentional directing made the characters and their motivations and interactions leap to the fore. 'Don Giovanni' can feel like a string of unconnected solo turns."
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For a previous production

"Van Hove’s production is not only worth one experience, but multiple to continue discovering the layers and colors of this most fascinating of operas."
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For a previous production

"Van Hove, a marquee theater director...while his staging supported the form of Don Giovanni, it also stumbled too often in essential places, leaving the music-making alone to carry the success of this performance."
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Cast and creative team

The Metropolitan Opera House

Producer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart